Path to nanodiamond from graphene found
An article features collaborative Rice research that found that a chemically driven process to make high-quality diamane, the 2D form of diamond, is theoretically possible. Boris Yakobson, the Karl F. Hasselmann Professor of Materials Science and NanoEngineering and a professor of chemistry, and postdoctoral associate Pavel Sorokin are quoted.
Science Daily
http://dateline.rice/oct-30-yakobson
Plastic waste comes back in black as pristine graphene
An article features Rice research that modified a method to make flash graphene to enhance it for recycling plastic into high-quality turbostratic graphene. Co-authors James Tour, the T.T. and W.F. Chao Chair in Chemistry and a professor of computer science and of materials science and nanoengineering, and graduate student Wala Algozeeb are quoted.
Nanowerk
http://dateline.rice/oct-30-tour
Where were Jupiter and Saturn born?
An article features collaborative Rice research that conducted 6,000 simulations of the Milky Way’s evolution, revealing new details about Jupiter and Saturn’s original relationship. André Izidoro, the CLEVER Planets Postdoctoral Research Associate in Earth, environment and planetary science, is quoted.
Space Ref
http://dateline.rice/oct-30-izidoro
Voter participation predicts compliance with social distancing
An article mentions that Yael Hochberg, the Ralph S. O’Connor Professor of Finance and Entrepreneurship at Rice’s Jones Graduate School of Business, collaborated on the featured research.
Phys.org
http://dateline.rice/oct-30-hochberg
Rethinking Darwin’s theory of atoll formation
An article features collaborative Rice research into how cyclic changes in sea levels drive atoll formation, which disproves Charles Darwin’s theory published in 1842, decades before glaciation became common knowledge. Co-author André Droxler, former professor of Earth, environmental and planetary sciences at Rice, is quoted.
Eos
http://dateline.rice/oct-30-droxler
Houston’s Ion will transform a disused Sears into an Rice University-led innovation hub
An article features Rice’s redevelopment of the historic Midtown Sears building into the Ion, the centerpiece of an innovation district slated to open in the first quarter of 2021.
The Architect’s Newspaper
http://dateline.rice/oct-30-the-ion
Overcoming financial and investment fears in the millennial generation
An article cites Rice research into possible gender-based differences in investment risks.
Stock Investor
http://dateline.rice/oct-30-si
Would Biden make gas the next coal?
An article cites a talk given Oct. 21 by Secretary of Energy Dan Brouillette at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy.
E&E News
http://dateline.rice/oct-30-baker-talk
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